Defense & Aerospace
Operator-Centered Design for High-Stakes Systems
Human factors engineering and UX design for defense, aerospace, and regulated industrial environments: where operator decisions carry real consequences.
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Interface design for defense and aerospace systems is not a variation of standard product UX — it is a distinct discipline. When an operator mistake can have operational, safety, or strategic consequences, the work shifts from optimizing for preference to designing for reliability, clarity, and resilience under stress. Bellerose XD applies human factors principles alongside user-centered methods to build interfaces that support operators in high-stakes decision environments.
Our defense and aerospace experience spans operator workstations for naval systems, threat visualization and pattern-of-life interfaces, biometric training evaluation tools for law enforcement, and energy management interfaces for hybrid aircraft. We work with defense primes and government research clients, including multiple mandates through Thales Digital Solutions for Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).
We adapt our research and design process to the security requirements of each engagement — working in project environments that require Reliability Status clearance, managing information with appropriate handling protocols, and collaborating with clients operating under federal contracting and export control constraints.
Defense & Aerospace Work
Thales Digital Solutions
Worth a Thousand Sources: UX for Continental Defence
UX design for a DRDC IDEaS continental defence project; interaction design and user testing for a network management interface in constrained edge computing environments.
Thales Digital Solutions
Pattern of Life: Designing Threat Visualization for Continental Defence
UX research and conceptual design for DRDC pattern of life visualization, developing interaction concepts for threat anticipation and evaluation in continental defence contexts.
Thales Digital Solutions
Biometric Monitoring and Analysis for National Security Training
UX design for a biometric training monitoring system: real-time and analysis interfaces for RCMP and national security training, adapted from an existing Thales platform.
Thales Digital Solutions
Preparation and facilitation of the IFE Hackathon 2020
Facilitating meaningful innovation at scale, a fully virtual design thinking hackathon for Thales IFE across three continents during COVID-19.
Thales Digital Solutions
Energy Planning Interface for Hybrid Aircraft
UX design continuity and user testing for a hybrid aircraft energy planning interface. Serving flight dispatchers in a regional air mobility context, developed for Thales AVS FLX France and Voltaéro.
Thales Digital Solutions
Canadian Warship Technical Status Dashboard
UX research and dashboard design for Royal Canadian Navy warship technical readiness serving both Thales maintenance personnel and naval officers, validated in a joint Halifax workshop.
Working with us in defense
Reliability Status
Louis-Philippe Bellerose holds a personal Reliability Status. For engagements requiring higher clearance levels, sponsorship can be arranged through the engagement.
Trilingual capability
Work delivered in French, English, and Brazilian Portuguese. Particularly relevant for federal procurement in Canada, NATO partner programs, and international defense contracts.
Canadian-owned consultancy
Bellerose XD is a Canadian-owned independent consultancy with direct experience working with Canadian defense primes and government research organizations.
Starting a defense engagement
Most engagements begin with a 30-minute conversation to understand your situation and requirements. For defense work specifically, we can discuss scope, clearance requirements, and how Bellerose XD can support your team — whether as a subcontractor to a prime or embedded with a larger delivery team.
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